{"id":172376,"date":"2025-07-28T13:32:58","date_gmt":"2025-07-28T04:32:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/?post_type=event&#038;p=172376&#038;lang=en"},"modified":"2025-07-28T13:32:58","modified_gmt":"2025-07-28T04:32:58","slug":"peace-tea-ceremony-2025","status":"publish","type":"event","link":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/en\/event\/peace-tea-ceremony-2025\/","title":{"rendered":"Peace Tea Ceremony"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Eighty years after the end of World War II, a casual tea gathering will be held where participants can experience the Japanese tradition of tea ceremony and spend a moment reflecting on peace, regardless of age, gender, or nationality. On display at the venue will be a framed painting of the Nagasaki Peace Statue by sculptor Seibo Kitamura, who also created the original monument. The event will include a tea ceremony demonstration, hands-on experience, origami crane folding, and servings of Japanese sweets and tea. No prior experience is necessary, and support will be available in Japanese, English, and Chinese. Participants are asked to bring socks and a handkerchief.<\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/fn_peace-tea-ceremony_2025_cl-001.jpg?resize=1400%2C856&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Peace Tea Ceremony, \u5e73\u548c\u8336\u4f1a\" width=\"1400\" height=\"856\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-172377\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/fn_peace-tea-ceremony_2025_cl-001.jpg?w=1400&amp;ssl=1 1400w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/fn_peace-tea-ceremony_2025_cl-001.jpg?resize=300%2C183&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/fn_peace-tea-ceremony_2025_cl-001.jpg?resize=1024%2C626&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/fn_peace-tea-ceremony_2025_cl-001.jpg?resize=768%2C470&amp;ssl=1 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>\u2022 8\/9 (Sat.)<br \/>\n\u2022 10:30~11:45, 12:30~13:45, 14:30~15:45 (up to 8 participants per session)<br \/>\n\u2022 Participation fee: \u00a51,500, under JHS \u00a5800, free for children under 7 y.o.<br \/>\n\u2022 Sign up: send a DM via <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/space_voica\/\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Instagram @space_voica<\/a><br \/>\n\u2022 Saza Shunpouen (tea store)<br \/>\n\u2022 <a href=\"https:\/\/maps.app.goo.gl\/NWtYwBy1hejAhvqLA\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">3-12-10 Meinohamaeki-minami, Nishi-ku, Fukuoka<\/a><br \/>\n\u2022 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/DMPZ4fuP_eO\/\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/DMPZ4fuP_eO\/<\/a><\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/fn_peace-tea-ceremony_2025_cl-002.jpg?resize=1276%2C710&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Peace Tea Ceremony, \u5e73\u548c\u8336\u4f1a\" width=\"1276\" height=\"710\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-172378\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/fn_peace-tea-ceremony_2025_cl-002.jpg?w=1276&amp;ssl=1 1276w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/fn_peace-tea-ceremony_2025_cl-002.jpg?resize=300%2C167&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/fn_peace-tea-ceremony_2025_cl-002.jpg?resize=1024%2C570&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/fn_peace-tea-ceremony_2025_cl-002.jpg?resize=768%2C427&amp;ssl=1 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Eighty years after the end of World War II, a casual tea gathering will be held where participants can experience&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":29305,"featured_media":172377,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","tags":[],"class_list":["post-172376","event","type-event","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","location-nishi-ku","event-type-culture","en-US"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/event\/172376","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/event"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/event"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/29305"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=172376"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/172377"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=172376"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=172376"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}